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openSUSE Security Update : libudev-devel (libudev-devel-768)

High Nessus Plugin ID 40050

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a local privilege escalation in udev.CVE-2009-1185: udev did not check the origin of the netlink messages.A local attacker could fake device create events and so gain root privileges.